Nice card. Very flavourful. Early sets like The Dark, Fallen Empires and Homelands are undeniably weak by today's standards, but they all have pretty cool flavour.
This card would work well with the various red betrayal spells, like Act of Treason, Mark of Mutiny and the like.
Posted By:
SirZapdos
(11/23/2011 12:30:38 PM)
Combos hilariously (but not particularly effectively with Misthollow Griffin.
Posted By:
Ragamander
(5/21/2012 10:51:16 PM)
How does City of Shadows interacts with Angel of Jubilation? AoJ stops sacrificing but is CoS considered a sacrifice?
Thx
Posted By:
Nukleik
(7/14/2012 3:44:40 PM)
I think the Oracle text should read
Exile each creature sacrificed with City of Shadows.
{T}, sacrifice a creature: Put a counter on City of Shadows.
Posted By:
lkeasbey
(10/10/2012 10:09:04 PM)
Can you say Eldrazi?
Posted By:
Arachnos
(2/3/2013 9:45:17 PM)
This is the dark that The Dark was named after.
It's still a unique and flavorful mechanic, all these years later. Same with Maze of Ith. Can't beat a classic :)
Posted By:
Salient
(2/13/2013 12:36:59 PM)
It's too slow. If it started with one counter, it would be usable today, but without that it just doesn't seem worth it -- saccing a creature and waiting at least one turn before you can get any mana out of it at all is rarely worth it, and you have to sac two before it's helping you ramp up your mana at all. By the time you can actually use the ramped mana, it's three turns later and you're wishing you'd done something else.
Posted By:
Aquillion
(4/13/2013 1:30:47 PM)
This and unearth were a match made in heaven. unearth, swing, then use this to exile!
Posted By:
SaintsEnd
(3/26/2014 2:32:30 PM)
For added flavor, sacrifice a creature with shadow.
Posted By:
ZaisConsultant
(5/30/2014 3:33:19 PM)